Barbourofelis piveteaui Ozansoy 1965 (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Alternative combination: Megantereon piveteaui

Full reference: F. Ozansoy. 1965. Etude des gisements continentaux et des Mammiferes du Cenozoique de Turquie. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 44:1-92

Belongs to Barbourofelis according to C. B. Schultz et al. 1970

See also Ozansoy 1965

Sister taxa: Barbourofelis fricki, Barbourofelis loveorum, Barbourofelis morrisi, Barbourofelis vallesiensis, Barbourofelis whitfordi

Type specimen: TRQ 1016 and 101, a mandible

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Barbourofelis piveteaui in the database

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